Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Dec. 29-Jan. 4 include actor Ted Danson, “Glow” actor Alison Brie and “Abbott Elementary” star Sheryl Lee Ralph

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Former congressman violated standards ‘prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress,’ report finds

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Biden faced recent pressure from advocacy groups urging him to act to make it more difficult for Trump to increase the use of capital punishment for federal inmates

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France has marked a national day of mourning for the victims of Cyclone Chido, which devastated the French overseas department of Mayotte earlier this month

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South Korea says Pyongyang has expressed intention of providing Russia with suicide drones

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Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – charting a nation coming to terms with the ends of decades of brutal rule by the Assads. From families trying to find missing loved ones in the regime’s notorious prisons to religious minorities facing an uncertain future under the new Islamist-led administration

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Teachers across the country approved of the ban

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Duggan, 56, has been in a maximum-security prison for over two years, fighting the extradition

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US president-elect Donald Trump said Mark Burnett ‘will work to enhance diplomatic relations’

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No tsunami alerts were triggered by the latest tremor

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Family members of businessman killed in crash in Gramado

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The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare is expected to be arraigned in a Manhattan court on state murder and terror charges

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Two recently retired senior Israeli intelligence agents are sharing details about a deadly clandestine operation that targeted Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Syria with exploding pagers and walkie-talkies

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The former Florida congressman bared his plans in a speech to a conservative Phoenix crowd as the release of the House Ethics Committee investigation report on him is imminent

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Crime Commissioner Jessica Tisch said attacker committed ‘one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being’

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Kay Granger, the current congresswoman representing Tarrant County in Texas, now lives full-time at an assisted living facility

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The walkouts are organised by Workers United, a union representing over 10,000 baristas

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“The golden age of America is upon us!” Trump declared.

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Washington showed its gray hair in 2024. More reckonings are likely on the horizon

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Fifty-one men have now been brought to justice, but questions remain after the trial that has shocked France and the wider world

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